User blog comment:Brigadier Barty/"The Vermillion Enclave"/@comment-25220117-20121027154937

''The wavevermin and harborbeasts make the final preparations aboardship, not one among them daring to look idle or unskilled after Marconi's lesson. A few beasts, unlearned in the skills of sailing, turned to their more stronger points-A fat stoat possessing four claws,three on the right and 1 on the left began checking all barrels and crates for faults in their woodwork, carpenters tools at the ready. A thin rat in an apron stained by time and use took to the galley, and a cross-eyed weasel began knotting and checking the ropes, just as busy as their more seaworthy comrades. Bit by bit the ship became ready, prepared for any danger fate could offer, the stars slowly appearing across the great chart of velvety black above''